Book 2
CHAPTER IX. ON ACUTE AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS
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THE kidneys, as far as regards the peculiar structure of the organ, are not productive of any great danger, even if they should suffer acutely; for, being of a glandular nature, they are mild and do not experience deadly diseases. But their office is important, namely, the secretion of the urine from the blood, and its expulsion.
